General Information

Serial #

127125

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL BASE, FRAME, WORKING PARTS, COVER/ SILK ROLLER COVER/ SYNTHETIC HANDLE, PARTS/ RUBBER? ROLLERS/ WOOD HANDLE ON COVER/ PAPER STENCIL IN MACHINE/ GLASS TUBES OF INK IN EXPANDED FOAM PROTECTORS/ METAL TRAY/ PAPER STENCILS IN CARDBOARD BOX/ FABRIC (COTTON?) CLEANING? CLOTH

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

45.5 cm

Width

28.5 cm

Height

47.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Duplication

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

GESTETNER

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1930's to 1978 by Mr. George Masaru Kitamura (donor), who purchased it new.

Canada

Important example of application of a highly popular duplicator model to small business & Japanese Canadian cultural community. Its owner, Mr. Kitamura, came to Vancouver in 1925, was sent to WWII relocation camp, later moved to Toronto. He used Gestetner to produce advertising for his stores & other material (see S.I.)

Function

Twin cylinder rotary stencil duplicating machine. Hand fed, it took 3 turns of handle to produce 1 copy (average production 30 to 40 copies per minute.) This example was first used in small retail business to produce advertising material.

Technical

Model 3 was introduced 1902 & discontinued in 1950. It was perhaps most recognizable Gestetner model of 20th century & was representative of "modern" office.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRAME READS "MANUFACTURED/ BY/ D. GESTETNER LTD./ No. 127125/ CYCLOSTYLE WORKS/ TOTTENHAM HALE, LONDON, N."/ PLATE ON BASE READS "D. Gestetner (Canada) Ltd. [SCRIPT]/ 117A KING STREET W/ TORONTO/ Telephone:/ ELGIN/ 2269/ Telegrams:/ GESTETNER/ TORONTO"/ GOLD LETTERING ON BASE ENDS (& COVER) READS "The/ Gestetner/ Three [SCRIPT]/ MADE IN ENGLAND"/ GOLD LETTERING ON PART READS "Gestetner [SCRIPT]/ TRADE MARK/ Three/ CAUTION: ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING TRADE MARKS/ APPEAR ON ALL GENUINE SUPPLIES OF INK, STENCILS./ & PAPER & ARE YOUR SAFEGUARD & GUARANTEE OF PERFECT/ WORK../ CYCLOSTYLE/../ GESTEPRINT/ "D. Gestetner [SCRIPT]"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED BASE, FRAME, PARTS/ TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED DUPLICATOR TRAY & COVER, SEPARATE TRAY/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ BROWN WOOD/ BROWN ROLLERS/ BLACK SILK/ WHITE CLOTH WITH BLUE DESIGN

Decoration

GOLD STRIPING ON BASE & COVER/ ADDITIONAL MARKINGS: GOLD LETTERING ON COVER TOP READS "D. GESTETNER [SCRIPT]/ (CANADA) LIMITED/ HEAD OFFICE: 117A KING ST. WEST TORONTO/SALES AND SERVICE/ TORONTO ELGIN 2269-2260"/LONDON METCALF 6373 QUEBEC 2-5096/ HAMILTON BAKER 2668 HALIFAX B-7050/ WINDSOR SENECA 1551 WINNIPEG B-8802/ MONTREAL LAN 5225 REGINA 6836/ OTTAWA QUEEN 1592 CALGARY M 3074/ ST. JOHN 3-3063 VANCOUVER SEYMOUR 4410"